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Black-under turquoise cup

12th–13th century

Object PlaceIran

Medium/TechniqueFritware (stonepaste), black slip incised decoration under turquoise glaze

DimensionsHeight: 13.1 cm (5 3/16 in.)

Credit LineMaria Antoinette Evans Fund and funds donated by Edward Jackson Holmes

Accession number31.925

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ClassificationsCeramics

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ProvenanceProbably acquired in Iran by Ayoub Rabenou, Paris; July, 1931, sold by Rabenou to Arthur Upham Pope (b. 1881 - d. 1969), Paris, for the MFA. (Accession Date: December 3, 1931)

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